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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVi/iCIVIH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Inatituta  for  Historical  Microraproductiona  /  Inatitut  Canadian  da  niicroraproductions  hiatoriquaa 


Tachnicai  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notaa  tachniquaa  at  bit)liographiquas 


Tha  Inatituta  haa  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  baat 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographieaHy  unlqua. 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  aignificantly  changa 
tha  uaual  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackaid  balow. 


□    Colourad  covara/ 
Couvartura  da  coulaur 


I     I   Covara  damagad/ 


D 


□ 


D 


D 


D 


Cuiivartura  andommagAa 


Covara  raatorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
Couvartura  raataurto  at/ou  palliculAa 


I — I   Covar  titia  miaaing/ 


La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 


□   Colourad  mapa/ 
Cartaa  gAographiquaa  an  coulaur 


Colourad  iitk  (i.a.  othar  than  blua  or  black)/ 
Encra  da  coulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  noira) 


□  Colourad  plataa  and/or  illuatrationa/ 
Planchaa  at/ou  illuatrationa  an  coulaur 

□    Bound  with  othar  matarlal/ 
RaM  avac  d'autraa  documanta 


Tight  binding  may  cauaa  ahadowa  or  di»tortion 
along  intarior  margin/ 

Lareiiura  sarr^a  paut  cauaar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
diatortion  la  long  da  la  marga  IntAriaura 

Blank  laavaa  addad  during  raatoration  may 
appaar  within  tha  taxt.  Whanavar  poaaibia,  thaaa 
hava  baan  omittad  from  filming/ 
II  aa  paut  qua  cartainaa  pagaa  blanchea  ajoutiaa 
lore  d'una  raatauration  apparaiaaant  dana  la  taxta, 
mala,  loraqua  cala  italt  poaaibia.  cat  pagaa  n'ont 
paa  «t«  film«aa. 

Additional  commanta:/ 
Commantairaa  aupplAmantairaa; 


L'Inatitut  a  microfilmA  !a  maillaur  axamplaira 
qu'il  iui  a  it*  poaaibia  da  aa  procura*.  Laa  ditaila 
da  cat  axamplaira  qui  aont  paut-*tra  uniquaa  du 
point  da  vua  Mbliographiqua.  qui  pauvant  modifiar 
una  imaga  raproduita.  ou  qui  pauvant  axigar  una 
modification  dana  la  mdthoda  nr^-mala  da  fiimaga 
aont  indiquia  ci-daaaoua. 


I — I   Colourad  pagaa/ 


D 


Pagaa  da  coulaur 

Pagaa  damagad/ 
Pagaa  andomm^giaa 

Pagaa  raatorad  and/oi 

Pagaa  raatauriaa  at/ou  palliculiaa 

Pagaa  diacolourad.  atainad  or  foxa« 
Pagaa  dicoloriaa.  tachatiaa  ou  piquAaa 

Pagaa  datachad/ 
Pagaa  dAtachiat 

Showthrpughy 
Tranaparanea 

Quality  of  prin 

Qualit*  inigala  da  I'impraaalon 

Includaa  aupplamantary  matarii 
Comprand  du  material  aupplimantaira 

Only  aditlon  availabia/ 
Saula  MItion  diaponibia 


r~n  Pagaa  damagad/ 

I — I  Pagaa  raatorad  and/or  laminatad/ 

r~y|  Pagaa  diacolourad.  atainad  or  foxad/ 

pn  Pagaa  datachad/ 

rri  Showthrpugh/ 

I     I  Quality  of  print  variaa/ 

I     I  Includaa  aupplamantary  matarlal/ 

rn  Only  aditlon  availabia/ 


Pagaa  wholly  or  partially  obacurad  by  arrata 
alipa,  tiaauaa.  ate,  koavu  baan  rafilmad  to 
anaura  tha  baat  poasibta  imaga/ 
Laa  pagaa  totalamant  ou  partialiamant 
obacurciaa  par  un  fauillat  d'arrata,  una  paiura. 
ate.  out  Mi  filmiaa  i  nouvaau  da  fapon  A 
obtanir  la  maillaura  imaga  poaaibia. 


Thia  itam  ia  f  ilmad  at  tha  raduetion  ratio  chaokad  balow/ 

Ca  documant  aat  fllmi  au  taux  da  riduotton  hMUqui  oi-daaaoua. 


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TiM  oopy  fllnMd  iMr*  has  been  raproduc«d  thank* 
to  tha  ganaroalty  of: 

Library  of  tha  Public 
Arehivaa  of  Canada 


L'auamplaira  fllmi  fut  raproduit  grica  A  la 
gAnAroaM  da: 

La  bibliothAqua  daa  Archivas- 
publiquaa  du  Canada 


Tha  Imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poaaibia  conaldaring  tha  condition  and  lagiblllty 
of  tha  original  copy  and  In  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  aparif icationa. 


Laa  Imagaa  auh^antaa  ont  AtA  raprodultaa  avac  la 
plua  grand  aoin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattati  da  I'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformltA  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
fllmaga. 


Original  coplaa  In  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginnln^  with  tha  front  eovar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
alon,  or  tha  back  eovar  whan  appropriate.  All 
othar  original  copiaf  ara  filmed  beginning  on  tiM 
f  irat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  Imprea- 
alon,  and  anding  on  the  laat  page  with  a  printad 
or  illustrated  impreeaion. 


The  laat  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
ahaH  contain  the  aymbol  *-^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  T  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appiiaa. 


Laa  axempiairea  originaux  dont  la  couvertura  an 
papier  eat  ImprimAa  aont  fllmAs  an  commen^ant 
par  le  premier  plat  at  en  termlnant  soit  par  la 
darnlAra  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impreaslon  ou  d'iliustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Toua  las  autrea  axempiairas 
originaux  sent  filmto  en  commen^ant  par  la 
pramlArc  page  qui  comporte  une  rmpreinta 
d'impraeaion  ou  d'iiiuatration  et  en  termlnant  par 
la  dernlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  dee  aymbolaa  suivants  apparaltra  sur  la 
darnlAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  la 
caa:  le  aymbol*  — ►  aignifia  "A  SUIVHE",  la 
aymbola  V  aignifia  "FIN". 


Mapa,  platae,  eharta,  etc.,  may  be  fHmed  at 
different  reduction  rattos.  Thoae  too  large  to  be 
entirely  inchided  In  one  expoaure  are  fHmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  comer,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framea  aa 
required.  The  foltowing  diagrama  llluatrata  the 
method: 


Lea  cartes,  planclias,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmAa  A  dee  taux  da  rAductlon  diff Aranta. 
Loraque  la  document  eat  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  en  un  aaul  cllchA,  II  est  filmA  A  partir 
de  I'angie  aupArleur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  drcite, 
et  de  haut  en  Imb,  an  prenent  le  nombre 
d'Imagea  nAceaaalra.  Lea  dlagi.^mmes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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DIALOGUE 


BETWEEN   THE   GHOST 


OP 


GENERAL    MONTGOMERY 


AND    AN 


AMERICAN    DELEGATE. 


New  York 


PRIVATELY   REPRINTED. 
1865. 


Edition    So    copies    8vo 
10       <'        4to 


Piiiss   or  J.    M.   Bradstrext   &   Son. 


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DIALOGUE 

BETWEEN 
THE        GHOST 

OF 

GENERAL     MONTGOMERY 

Juft    arrived    from    the    elysian    fields  ; 

AND      AN 
AMERICAN     DELEGATE, 

IN     A     WOOD 

NEAR 

PHILADELPHIA. 


Printed,  and  Sold   by   R.   BELL,  in   Third-Street. 
MDCCLXXVL 


DIALOGUE 

Between  the  GHOST  of  General 
MONTGOMERY,  and  a 
DELEGATE,  in  a  wood  near 
PHILADEIPHIA. 


Delegate.  'IXTELCOME  to  this  retreat 

W  my  good  friend.    If  I  mif- 

take   not,   I    now   fee  the 

ghoft  of  the  brave  General  Montgomery. 

General  Montgomery.  I  am  glad  to  fee 
you.  I  ftill  love  liberty  and  America,  and 
the  contemplation  of  the  future  greatnefs  of 
this  Continent  now  forms  a  large  Ihare  of 
my  prefent  happinefs.  I  am  fent  here  up- 
on an  important  errand,  to  warn  you  a- 
gainft  liftening  to  terms  of  accomodations 
from  the  court  of  Britain. 

Del.  I  fhall  be  happy  in  receiving  in- 
ftruAion  from  you  in  the  prefent  trying  ex- 
igency of  our  public  affairs.     But  fuppofe 

A  the 


MONTGOMERY 


r  i' 


the  terms  you  fpeak  of  fliould  be  juft  and 
honorable. 

Gen,  Mont.  How  can  you  expeft  thefe, 
after  the  King  has  proclaimed  you  rebels 
from  the  throne,  and  after  both  houfes  of 
parliament  have  refolved  to  fupport  him  in 
carrying  on  a  war  againft  you  ?  No,  I  fee  no 
offers  from  Great  Britain  but  of  pardon. 
The  very  v/ord  is  an  infult  upon  our  caufe. 
To  whom  is  pardon  offered  ? — to  virtuous 
freemen.  For  what? — for  flying  to  arms 
in  defence  of  the  rights  of  humanity :  And 
from  whom  do  thefe  offers  come  ?  From  a 
ROYAL  CRIMINAL.  You  have  furnifhed 
me  with  a  new  reafon  for  triumphing  in 
my  death,  for  I  had  rather  nave  it  faid  that 
I  died  by  his  vengeance,  than  that  I  lived 
by  his  mercy. 

Del.  But  you  think  nothing  of  the  de- 
ftruftive  confequences  of  war.  How  many 
cities  muft  be  reduced  to  afhes  !  how  many 
families  mufl  be  ruined !  and  how  many 
widows  and  orphans  muft  be  made,  fhould 
the  prefent  war  be  continued  any  longer 
with  Great  Britain. 

Gen.  Mont.  I  think  of  nothing  but  of 
the  deftruftive  confequences  of  flavery.  The 
calamities  of  war  are  tranfitory  and  confined 

in 


FROM     ELYSIUM. 


in  their  efFedts.  But  the  calamities  of  fla- 
very  are  extenfive  and  iafting  in  their  ope- 
ration. I  love  mankind  as  well  as  you, 
and  I  could  never  reftrain  a  tear  when  my 
love  of  juftice  has  obliged  me  to  fhed  the 
blood  of  a  fellow  creature.  It  is  my  hu- 
manity that  makes  me  urge  you  againft  a 
reconciliation  with  Great  Britain,  for  if 
this  takes  place,  nothing  can  prevent  the 
American  Colonies  from  being  the  feat  of 
war  as  often  as  the  King  of  Great  Britain 
renews  his  quarrels  with  any  of  the  Colo- 
nies, or  with  any  of  the  belligerent  powers 
of  Europe. 

Del.  I  tremble  at  the  dodlrine  you  have 
advanced.  I  fee  you  are  for  the  indepen- 
dance  of  the  Colonies  on  Great  Britain. 

Gen.  Mont.  I  am  for  permanent  liberty, 
peace,  and  fecurity  to  the  American  Colo- 
nies. 

Del.  Thefe  can  only  be  maintained  by 
placing  the  Colonies  in  the  fituation  they 
were  in  the  year  1763. 

Gen.  Mont.  And  is  no  fatisfaftion  to  be 
made  to  the  Colonies  for  the  blood  and 
treafure  they  have  expended  in  refitting  the 
arms  of  Great  Britain  ?  Who  can  foften  the 
prejudices  of  the  King — the  parliament — 

and 


8 


MONTGOMERY 


and  the  nation,  each  of  whom  will  be  averfe 
to  mainiain  a  peace  with  you  in  proportion 
to  the  advantages  you  have  gained  over 
them  ?  Who  (hall  make  reftitution  to  the 
widows — the  mothers — and  the  children 
of  the  men  who  have  been  flain  by  their 
arms?  Can  no  hand  wield  the  fceptre  of 
government  in  America  except  that  which 
has  been  ftained  with  the  blood  of  your 
countrymen  ?  For  my  part  if  I  thought  this 
Continent  would  ever  acknowledge  the  fo- 
vereingty  of  the  Crown  of  Britain  again,  I 
(hould  forever  lament  the  day  in  which  I 
offered  up  my  life  for  its  falvation. 

Del.     You    (liould    diftinguifh    between 
the  King  and  his  minifters. 

Gen.  Mont.  I  live  in  a  world  where  all 
political  fuperftition  is  done  away.  The 
King  is  the  author  of  all  the  meafures  car- 
ried on  againft  America.  The  influence  of 
bad  minifters  is  no  better  apology  for  thefe 
meafures,  than  the  influence  of  bad  com- 
pany is  for  a  murderer,  who  expiates  his 
crimes  under  a  gallows. — You  all  complain 
of  the  corruption  of  the  parliament,  and  of 
the  venality  of  the  nation,  and  yet  you  for- 
get that  the  Crown  is  the  fource  of  them 
both. — ^You  fliun  the  dreams,  and  yet  you 

are 


1^" 


FROM     ELYSIUM.  9 

are  willing  to  fit  down  at  the  very  fountain 
of  corruption  and  venalty. 

Del.  Our  diftance  and  charters  will  pro- 
teft  us  from  the  influence  of  the  crown. 

Gen.  Mont.  Your  diftance  will  only  render 
your  danger  more  imminent,  and  your  ruin 
more  irretrievable.  Charters  re  no  reftraints 
againft  the  luft  of  power.  The  only  reafon 
why  you  have  efcaped  fo  long  is,  becaufe 
the  treafure  of  the  nation  has  been  employed 
for  thefe  50  years  in  buying  up  the  virtue 
of  Britain  and  Ireland.  Hereafter  the  feduc- 
tion  of  the  reprefentatives  of  the  people  of 
America  will  be  the  only  aim  of  adminiftra- 
tion  Ihould  you  continue  to  be  conneded 
with  them. 

Del.  But  I  forefee  many  evils  from  the 
independance  of  the  Colonies.  Our  trade 
will  be  ruined  from  the  want  of  a  navy  to 
proteft  it.  Each  Colony  will  put  in  it8 
claim  for  fuperiority,  and  we  fhall  have  do- 
meftic  wars  without  end. 

Gen.  Mont.  As  I  now  know  that  Divine 
Providence  intends  this  country  to  be  the 
afylum  of  perfecuted  virtue  from  every  quar- 
ter of  the  globe,  fo  I  think  your  trade  will 
be  the  vehicle  that  will  convey  it  to  you. 

Heaven 


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MONTGOMERY 


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Heaven  has  furniftied  you  with  greater  re- 
fources  for  a  navy  than  any  nation  in  the 
world.     Nothing  but  an  ignorance  of  your 
ftrength  could  have  led  you  to  facrifice  your 
trade  for  the  protedlion  of  a  foreign  navy. 
A  freedom  from  the  reftraints  of  the  afts  of 
navigation  I  fortfee  will  produce  fuch  im- 
menfe  additions  to  the  wealth  of  this  coun- 
try that  pofterity  will  wonder  that  ever  you 
thought  your  prefent  trade  worth  its  pro- 
teftion.     As  to  the   fuppofed   contentions 
between  fifter  colonies,  they  have  no  foun- 
dation in  truth.     But  fuppofing  they  have, 
will  delaying  the  independance  of  the  Colo- 
nies,  50  years,  prevent   them  ?     No — the 
weaknefs   of  the   Colonies,    which   at   firft 
produced  their  union,  will  always  preferve 
it,  'till  it  fhall  be  their  intereft  to  be  feparat- 
ed.     Had  the  Colony  of  MafTachufet's-bay 
been  poflefled  of  the  military  refources  which 
it  would  probably  have  had  50  years  hence, 
would  (he  have  held  out  the  fignal  of  diftrefs 
to  her  fifter  colonies,  upon  the  news  of  the 
Bofton   port-bill  ?      No — (he   would   have 
withftood  all  the  power  of  Britain  alone, 
and  afterwards  the  neutral  colonies  might 
have  fhared  the  fate  of  the  colony  of  Canada. 
Moreover,  had  the  connexion  with  Great- 
Britain 


FROM     ELYSIUM. 


II 


Britain  been  continued  50  years  longer,  the 
progrefs  of  Britifh  laws,  cuftoms,  and  man- 
ners (now  totally  corrupted)  wou'd  have 
been  fuch  that  the  Colonies  would  have 
been  prepared  to  welcome  flavery.  But  had 
it  been  otherwife,  they  muft  have  aflerted 
their  independance  with  arms.  This  is 
nearly  done  already.  It  will  be  cruel  to  be- 
queath another  conteft  to  your  pofterity. 

Del.  But  I  dread  all  innovations  in  go- 
vernments.   They  are  very  dangerous  things. 

Gen.  Mont.  The  revolution,  which  gave 
a  temporary  {lability  to  the  liberties  of  Bri- 
tain, was  an  innovation  in  government,  and 
yet  no  ill  confequences  have  arifen  from  it. 
Innovations  are  dangerous  only  as  they  fhake 
the  prejudices  of  a  people ;  but  there  are 
now,  I  believe,  but  few  prejudices  to  be 
found,  in  this  country,  in  favor  of  the 
old  connexion  with  Great-Britain.  I  ex- 
cept thofe  men  only  who  are  under  the  in- 
fluence of  their  paflions  and  offices. 

Del.  But  is  it  not  moft  natural  for  us  to 
wifh  for  a  connexion  with  a  people  who 
rpeak  the  fame  language  with  us,  and  pof- 
fefs  the  fame  laws,  religion,  and  forms  of 
government  with  ourfelves. 

Gen.  Mont. 


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MONTGOMERY 


Gen.  Mont.  The  immortal  Montefquicu 
fays,  that  nations  fhould  form  alliances  with 
thofe  nations  only  which  are  as  unlike  to 
themfelves  as  poflible  in  religion,  laws  and 
manners,  if  they  mean  to  preferve  their 
own  conftitutions.  Your  dependance  upon 
the  crown  is  no  advantage,  but  rather  an  in- 
jury, to  the  people  of  Britain,  as  it  encreaf- 
es  the  power  and  influence  of  the  King. 
The  people  are  benefited  only  by  your  trade, 
and  this  they  may  have  after  you  are  inde- 
pendant  of  the  crown.  Should  you  be  dif- 
pofed  to  forgive  the  King  and  the  nation 
for  attempting  to  enflave  you,  they  will 
never  forgive  you  for  having  baflled  them  in 
the  attempt. 

Del.  But  we  have  many  friends  in  both 
Houfes  of  Parliament. 

Gen.  Mont.  You  mean  the  mihiftry 
have  many  enemies  in  Parliament  who  con- 
nedl  the  caufe  of  America  with  their  cla- 
mours at  the  door  of  adminiftration.  Lord 
Chatham's  conciliatory  bill  would  have  ruin- 
ed you  more  efFedlually  than  Lord  North's 
motion.  The  Marquis  of  Rockingham 
was  the  author  of  the  declaratory  bill.  Mr. 
Wilkes  has  added  infamy  to  the  weakness 

of 


FROM     ELYSIUM. 


13 


of  your  caufe,  and  the  Duke  of  Grafton 
and  Lord  Lyttleton  have  rendered  the  mi- 
nority junto,  if  poffible,  more  contemptible 
than  ever. 

Del.  But  if  we  become  independant  we 
Ihall  become  a  commonwealth. 

Gen.  Mont.  I  maintain  that  it  is  your  in- 
tereft  to  be  independant  of  Great  Britain, 
but  I  do  not  recommend  any  new  form  of 
government  to  you.  I  (hould  think  it 
ftrange  that  a  people  who  have  virtue 
enough  to  defend  themfelves  againft  the 
moft  powerful  nation  in  the  world  Ihould 
want  wifdom  to  contrive  a  perfedl  and  free 
form  of  government.  You  have  been  kept 
in  fubjeftion  to  the  crown  of  Britain  by  a 
miracle.  Your  liberties  have  hitherto  been 
fufpended  by  a  thread.  Your  connexion 
with  Great-Britain  is  unnatural  and  unne- 
ceflary.  All  the  wheels  of  a  government 
(hould  move  within  itfelf~I  would  only 
beg  leave  to  obferve  to  you,  that  monarchy 
and  ariftocracy  have  in  all  ages  been  the  ve- 
hicles of  ftavery. 

DeL  Our  governments  will  want  force 
and  authority  if  we  become  independant  of 
Great- Britain. 

Gen, 


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14 


MONTGOMERY 


Gen.  Mont.  I  beg  leave  to  contradift 
that  afl'ertion.  No  royal  edids  or  ads  of 
affembly  have  ever  been  more  faithfully  or 
univerfally  obeyed  than  the  refolves  of  the 
Congrefs.  I  admire  the  virtue  of  the  co- 
lonies, and  did  not  fome  of  them  ftill  hang 
upon  the  haggard  breafts  of  Great- Britain, 
I  fhould  think  the  time  now  come  in  which 
they  had  virtue  enough  to  be  happy  under 
any  form  of  government.  Remember  that 
it  is  in  a  commonwealth  only  that  you  can 
exped  to  find  every  man  a  patriot  or  a  hero. 
Ariftides—Epaminondas— Pericles  — Scipio- 
Camillus— and  a  thoufand  other  illuflrious 
Grecian  and  Roman  heroes,  would  never 
have  aftonifhed  the  world  with  their  names 
had  they  lived  under  royal  governments. 

Del.     Will  not  a  declaration  of  indepen- 
dance   leflen    the   number   of  our   friends, 
encreafe   tl 


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Gen.  Mont.  Your  friends  as  (^you  call 
them)  are  too  few—too  divided— and  too  in- 
terefted  to  help  you.  And  as  for  your  ene- 
mies, they  have  done  their  worft.  They 
have  called  upon  Ruffians— Hanoverians— 
Heffians— Canadians~Savages-and  Negroes 
to  affift  them  in  burning  your  towns— defo- 

lating 


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FROM     ELYSIUM. 


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lating  your  country— and  in  butchering  your 
wives  and  children.  You  have  nothing  fur- 
ther to  fear  from  them.  Go,  then,  and  awak- 
en the  Congrefs  to  a  fenfe  of  their  import- 
ance; you  have  no  time  to  lofe.  France  waits 
for  nothing  but  a  declaration  of  your  inde- 
pendance  to  revenge  the  injuries  they  fuf- 
ftained  from  Britain  in  the  laft  war.  But 
I  forbear  to  reafon  any  further  with  you. 
The  decree  is  finally  gone  forth,  Britain 
and  America  are  now  diftind  empires. 
Your  country  teems  with  patriots—heroes— 
and  legiflators,  who  are  impatient  to  burft 
forth  into  light  and  importance.  Hereafter 
your  atchievements  (hall  no  more  fwell  the 
page  of  Britiih  hiftory.  God  did  not 
excite  the  attention  of  all  Europe— of  the 
whole  world— nay  of  angels  themfelves  to 
the  prefent  controverfy  for  nothing.  The 
inhabitants  of  Heaven  long  to  fee  the  ark 
finilhed,  in  which  all  the  liberty  and  true 
religion  of  the  world  are  to  be  depofited. 
The  day  in  which  the  Colonies  declare 
their  independance  will  be  a  jubilee  to 
Hampden  —  Sidney  —  Ruffel — Warren  —Gar- 
diner—Macpherfon—Cheefeman,  and  all  the 
other  heroes  who  have  offered  themfelves 
as  facrifices  upon  the  altar  of  liberty.     It 

was 


i6     MONT.   FROM   ELYSIUM. 

was  no  fmall  mortification  to  me  when  I 
fell  upon  the  plains  of  Abraham,  to  refledl: 
that  I  did  not  expire  like  the  brave  General 
Wolfe,  in  the  arms  of  viftory.  But  I  now 
no  longer  envy  him  his  glory.  I  would 
rather  die  in  attempting  to  obtain  permanent 
freedom  for  a  handful  of  people,  than  fur- 
vive  a  conqueft  which  would  ferve  only  to 
extend  the  empire  of  defpotifm.  A  band 
of  heroes  now  beckon  to  me.  I  can  only 
add  that  America  is  the  theatre  where  hu- 
man nature  will  Joon  receive  its  greateft 
military— civil  and  literary  honors. — 


FINIS 


